Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Addie Waites Hunton (1866-1943)
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Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
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Willie O’Ree (1935- )
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John S. Rock (1825-1866)

Explore Global African History

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Olufela Sowande (Fela) Obafunmilayo (1905-1987)
Sandy Cane, Viggiu, Italy, June 10, 2009
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Sandy Cane (1961- )
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Leymah Gbowee (1972- )
Ile Gorée, Senegal, 2015
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Gorée Island, Senegal (ca. 1000- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Manumission of Monimia Travers: A Slave Freed at Fort Vancouver
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Contraband Hospital, 1862-1863: Health Care For the First Freedpeople
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States
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The Black Presence in Theater through the Centuries in the Historical Dictionary of African American Theater

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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